New Jersey Agricultural College - Four Leaf Clover Yearbook (New Brunswick, NJ)

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A Reverie As mighty Sol, his journey done, Sinks to repose 'midst blazing hue, A noble Figure shows his form Outlined against the heaven blue. A noble figure, true indeed, Sweet Nature's peaceful, loving son, Whose soul is tarnished not by gold, Whose heart beats free when day is done l see him with his horse and plow Dig deep into the yielding earthg The upturned sods smile up at him, And seem to dance with new-born mirth. The neighboring trees their branches bend And whisper forth a sweet refrain, The birds a throaty carol lend, As peacefully wave the tops of grain. l-le trudges merrily along, As furrow after furrow wide Stretch forth in ceaseless, endless chain Along the sloping mountain-side. They hold for him his future weal, And clean it isp not sprinkled o'er With mortal blood in battle lost Or squandered on Finance's shore. Upon his soul no name is charred Of men who gave their life and God To swell the fortune of their lord. His wealth comes only from the sod. His labor o'er, he journeys home. A simple, country home it is, But joy, Contenment, hover there. The bliss of life is truly his. A goodly housewife at the door Runs forth to meet him with a smile A worthy mate, a purer gem Than many reared 'midst courtly style Two little children cluster 'round And clamber up into his arm, Afire with their childish glee, These healthy products of the farm. A happy lot, fair to behold. Would that I the slaving chain Of city life away could cast, And go back to the farm again. To see the sun from yonder peak Rise up and spread its flaming ray Far o'er the land, and wake to life The ecstacy of new-born Day. To wander out into the field Amidst the honeysuckle vine, To pluck the wild rose from the heath And drink in deep its scent divine, To stroll down by the babbling brook And listen to its murmur sweet, As if to tell me of its joy In music I can not repeat, To sit outside the door at eve And hear the whipoorwill's refrain Sound forth Good Night from out the wood- Oh, I wish I were home again. J. G. D. 102

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The Fruitful Adventures. of jawn. HERE lived a farmer youth once, Iawn was his go-by, and he was plumb sick of the country. I-le was out-and-out disgusted with the Cofrjnrows and like agricultural appertainences-the sight of a haystaek gave him the willies. Yes, he was in a bad way-wanted adventure. ,Tawn has seriously considered taking up a certain Short Course not many- leagues away, but a friend of his went, and that settled Iawn. This friend, one Carl, son of a neighbor, used to sit by the fire of a cold winters night and trot out wild ones about the Course. You see, lawn was a sickly cuss and he doubted if his constitution would stand the racket. Still, he wanted adventure, and was going to have it if it took a leg. This getting up at four and like inconveniences that formed the woof and Webb of his existence got his goat. A Britftjon by nationality, he feared not the perils that might beset him upon his path, so one day he passed it to Carl on the Q. T. that he was going to weigh anchor and fade. Carl, he was a dead-game sport and just naturally decided that a vacation was due him. They doped it all out and were surprised at the lack of enthusiasm it created when they broke the news to the folks. Iawn's old Cow, Gill by name, hated like poison to sec him go and nearly broke up the seance, but his fond parent came to the fore and reck- oned he could Holt'er'otT until jawn got away with his stunt. All of which goes to show that the aforesaid parent might not have been so fond as was first supposed, and arouses the suspicion that he was dern glad to get rid of him. They lit out. On the road there Cum er Ford, the driver of which seemed a perfect WolFf and a bear-cat for speed, and all but enveloped them in ruin. But the two re- doubtables escaped and raised their yawps in a Howell of protest, a Plat'itude of execra- tion that blistercd the varnish off the back of the miscreant's boat and caused a loud smell of burning rubber for miles around. As the hind tire passed him, Carl strove to Prickett with a bundle of Short Course notes that he had brought along, but found them impossibly dull and pointless in the face of such material opposition. Iawn, in discussing their narrow escape, swore up and clown and sideways that he 'Felt'er whizz past, whereat the bare possibility of such an occurrence caused grave symp- toms of collapse, and they had recourse to a generous hooker of Gordon that Iawn had brought along The generous warmth of this Gordon revived their drooping spirits. lt might be mentioned in passing that the bottle's spirits also drooped considerably, but that is a mere triiie in comparison with the correspondingly augmented hilarity of the two. Between you and me and the lamp-post, they Fostered a strong attachment to that bottle, not only because of its contents, but because of the strong resemblance it bore to others of like description indigenous to a certain farm near South River. Thusly were home ties broken and railroad ties adopted in lieu of a better substitute. Along the railroad they met up with a very low individual, a real dved-in-the-wool hard one, a balky in fact, who, with his Con, antipathy raised in their hearts. Carl led off with his lecture notes and read long and earnestly from them. The balky took it in good spirit at first, but when the poor nut started in with Fertilizers and Market Gardening, he became enraged and peeled his wammus. Atop of this he placed his little portrnlanteau 'full of Graham crackers, and having made it public that he intended to Cook the hero, feathered into him. And Carl's noble spirit bought 'a one-way ticket and took the next ferry across the river. After duly considering the case the jury rendered a verdict of justifiable homicide. Learning much wisdom from this, Iawn concluded that the world demanded more convincing proofs than theory, and set his face homeward. The sun also set at that precise moment, while ter hum on the farm the old man was setting in a cane bottomed chair working out a set of balanced rations with which to ballast his cows. Iawn had enough in his Craw--forded a stream and pressed deter- minedly into the west. The den.t can be seen there to this day. Vifhen he reached home he intended to give up all thoughts of further adventures and deMand-a square meal. Yes. he got home safelyg the old man fell on his neck and hurt himself, and they had a grand old time. Iawn, he related his trials in detail, and when he had Dun, Can anyone in that family misbelieve? No, indeed, and besides, they don't want to. ,Tawn's some boy, and don't you forget it, ERIC V. Drsnaow. 101

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Closing Exercises H112 closing exercises of the Short Courses were held in Kirkpatrick Chapel on Friday, February 19. Each Division was represented on the program by a student representative elected by popular ballot by the students in each Course. Joseph R. Berdan, of Paterson, N. J., representing the General Agricultural and Dairy Farming Course, selected as his subbject Co-operation as a Factor in Agricultural Development. Addison C. Raws, of Keswick Grove, N. J., representing the Course in Fruit Growing and Mar- ket Gardening, read a very interesting paper entitled Progress of Horticulture in New Jersey. James Duffy, of New York City, in behalf of the P'oultry Section, developed some interesting facts with the subject entitled Possibili- ties of the Poultry Industry in New Jersey. Miss Kathleen Lock, of North Plainfield, N. J., representing the Course in Home Economics, presented a most interesting paper entitled Problems Confronting Home Life on the Farm. The annual banquet of the li. B. Voorhees Agricultural Society was held at the Hotel Klein on Thursday evening preceding the closing exercises. By accepted custom, this banquet constitutes the official recognition of the students in the student section of the E. B. Voorhees Agricultural Society, eligible for membership by the graduate division of the society, and as usual a very cordial spirit of interest and co-operation prevailed. ' E It was the sentiment of those present that the future of the E. B. Voorhees Agricultural Society as an alumni organization was exceedingly bright, and that there was an unusual field of activity for the organization. Students com- pleting the Short Courses in other years have already become important factors in the agricultural activities in their home communities, and if it is possible to unite all students pursuing the Short Courses into one central, active organiza- tion such as the E. B. Voorhees Society represents, there is no doubt but that such an alumni organization would make its influence felt in moldinglpublic opinion, especially as related to the agricultural possibilities and development in this State. 103